Session B29: Focus Session: Micro-Organism Motility

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Sponsoring Units: DBP GSNP
Chair: Udo Erdman, Humboldt University
Baltimore Convention Center - 326


Monday, March 13, 2006
11:15AM - 11:27AM

B29.00001: Direct measurement of the propulsion efficiency of bacterium Escherichia Coli
Suddhashil Chattopadhyay , Radu Moldovan , Chuck Yeung , Xiao-lun Wu

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Monday, March 13, 2006
11:27AM - 11:39AM

B29.00002: Modeling the motion of microscale synthetic swimmers
Alexander Alexeev , Victor Yashin , Rolf Verberg , Anna Balazs

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Monday, March 13, 2006
11:39AM - 11:51AM

B29.00003: Detecting the gravitational sensitivity of \textit{Paramecium caudatum} using magnetic forces
Karine Guevorkian , James M Valles Jr.

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Monday, March 13, 2006
11:51AM - 12:03PM

B29.00004: Precise adaptation in chemotaxis through ``assistance neighborhoods"
Robert Endres , Ned Wingreen

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Monday, March 13, 2006
12:03PM - 12:15PM

B29.00005: Cellular individuality in the gradient sensing response of \textit{Dictyostelium}
Azadeh Samadani , Jerome Mettetal , Alexander van Oudenaarden

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Monday, March 13, 2006
12:15PM - 12:27PM

B29.00006: How does Dicty find its way?
Erin Rericha , Carole Parent , Wolfgang Losert

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Monday, March 13, 2006
12:27PM - 1:03PM

B29.00007: Dictyostelium discoideum chemotaxis: threshold for directed motion
Invited Speaker: Eberhard Bodenschatz

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Monday, March 13, 2006
1:03PM - 1:15PM

B29.00008: Impact of Helicobacter Pylori on Mucus Rheology
Jonathan Celli , Sarah Keates , Ciaran Kelly , Bradley Turner , Rama Bansil , Shyamsunder Erramilli

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Monday, March 13, 2006
1:15PM - 1:27PM

B29.00009: The effect of viscosity on the contraction of the stalk of \textit{Vorticella Convallaria}
Deependra Kantha , David Van Winkle

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Monday, March 13, 2006
1:27PM - 1:39PM

B29.00010: Optimal Foraging Strategy: Angle Matters
Udo Erdmann , Sebastian G\"oller , Igor M. Sokolov , Lutz Schimansky-Geier

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Monday, March 13, 2006
1:39PM - 1:51PM

B29.00011: Nonlinear electromagnetic responses of active molecular motors in live cells and organelles
Dharmakirthi Nawarathna , Jeffrey Gardner , Gustavo Cardenas , David Warmflash , John Miller , William Widger , James Claycomb

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Monday, March 13, 2006
1:51PM - 2:03PM

B29.00012: Mechanism of formin-associated actin filament elongation
Dimitrios Vavylonis , David R. Kovar , Ben O'Shaughnessy , Thomas D. Pollard

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Monday, March 13, 2006
2:03PM - 2:15PM

B29.00013: Spreading of neutrophils: from activation to migration
Helim Aranda-Espinoza , Kheya Sengupta , Lee Smith , Paul Janmey , Daniel Hammer

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